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I I .. I I I I I I Ie I I I I I I I t' I Arden Hills Council 3 February 14, 1994 Councilmember Hicks stated the legislature is dealing with the issue, and believed there is not enough information to determine if this is the right alternative. Hicks further commented that whatever the Council would decide wouldn't playa major factor in the whole decision. Mayor Sather suggested that based on the information available, the City of Arden Hills should support the request from Red Wing as, one day, the City of Arden Hills in turn may request support from local municipalities regarding our issues, for instance, the arsenal property. MOTJ:ON: Aplikowski moved, seconded by Hicks to accept the request from the City of Red Wing and issue our support to them. Councilmember Probst stated he sees this issue as somewhat different than the arsenal property issue and will vote against the motion before the bench. It is not a political issue, and a matter that should be dealt with by people who are equipped to make sound, rational judgements as to the safety of this type of storage. Councilmember Malone stated he would vote nay to this motion. He further offered a possible motion if the motion before the bench would fail. He empathized with the situation before the City of Red Wing. He urges regulatory bodies and the legislature to take the politics out of this, and deal with the facts and best engineering practices that can be determined, resisting extreme political pressures from both sides. He urges all involved to try as much as possible to ignore the voices of the special interest groups and deal with the facts with the best engineering practices available. Motion failed (1-4). Aplikowski voted aye. MOTJ:ON: Malone moved, seconded by Hicks, that the City empathizes with the difficult situation that the City of Red Wing is currently in with the potential closure of the NSP plant within their jurisdiction, and urges the regulatory bodies and the legislature to try as much as possible to take the politics out of this and work with the facts of the issue, reaching a reasonable conclusion with regard to the storage of the spent fuel (drycast) based on best engineering practices available without concerns for the politics of the subject.